The Internet, in principle, could have conscious states.
If you had to list the hardest problems in science — the questions even some scientists say are insoluble — you would probably end up with two:
Continue reading… “How the internet could learn to feel”
Father’s age is linked to increased genetic risk.
Solid evidence has been found by scientists that older men have more random mutations in their sperm cells. They’re warning that can cause autism, schizophrenia and a long list of other genetic diseases in their offspring.
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Business, tech and entrepreneurship types – get to know your graduate and post-doctoral counterparts and encourage them to take advantage of the collegiate environment.
The “University Technology Transfer through Entrepreneurship: Faculty and Students in Spinoffs” study found that graduate and post-doctoral students are critical participants in university commercialization efforts.
One in 10 men use gaming consoles to watch online content.
When men are looking for entertainment they favoring their computers and not their televisions, according to “The Great Male Survey” conducted by AskMen.com from May to July 2012.
Continue reading… “Men prefer computers over television for entertainment”
Future of technology
The power of technology has been shaping our world. Within a generation we’ve seen space stations built, computing speeds quicken exponentially, and the internet boom. In fact, technological advances now happen so rapidly that our current way of life may seem hopelessly outdated within another decade.
Continue reading… “9 technologies of the future that will radically change the world”
At the new Tesla factory in Fremont, Calif., a robot might do up to four jobs: welding, riveting, bonding and installing a component.
On the coast of China at the Philips Electronics factory hundreds of workers use the old way of working to assemble electric shavers by using their hands and specialized tools.
Continue reading… “Global manufacturing is changing with a new wave of robots”
Futurist Thomas Frey: In the late 1980s I was still working at IBM, but had taken on a number of side projects to expand my horizons. One of those projects was working with the City of Denver on the redevelopment of Stapleton Airport.
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With the arrival of the big smartphone platforms, we’ve reverted back to 1999.
Mobile app startups are failing like it’s 1999 with the long cycle times for developing the apps. It’s like we’ve forgotten all the agile and rapid iteration stuff that we learned over the last 10 years.
Continue reading… “Mobile app startup failures look more like 1999”
Saving lives when fire strikes.
In addition to conventional smoke alarms, tactile response is proven more effective in saving lives. SafeAwake is designed to work in conjunction with a functioning traditional smoke alarm by adding a flashing light and a loud, low frequency audible sound that even the hearing impaired may hear. It also sets off a motorized bed shaker that literally pulls each and every sleeper from deep slumber; and warns them of smoke and possible fire.
When seconds could mean the difference between life and death, the SafeAwake provides a significant edge for you and your family.
SafeAwake is one of the featured exhibitors at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase, which takes place on Oct 13, 2012 at the Denver Merchandise Mart, so come can check out this and all the other amazing inventions!
Recently, company spokesman Timothy Shaffer took time to answer a few questions about safety for the deaf and hearing impaired, SBIR Grants and international patents…
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Most popular music video on YouTube right now.
Forty-eight percent of consumers in the U.S. still see radio as the dominant way to discover new music, according to Nielsen’s latest “Music 360” report. For almost two-thirds of U.S. teenagers, however, Google’s YouTube is now a more important source of music than radio (54%), iTunes (53%) and CDs (50%).
Continue reading… “Teens listen to more music through YouTube than any other source”
The cloud is starting to become the “mainframe” in the sky.
We are seeing the greatest shakeup in the world of computing that has ever taken place. Three kinds of devices defined what computing was all about over a period of about 50 years. We started out with mainframes, moved on to mini-computers and in the early ’80s entered the era of the personal computer.
Continue reading… “The future of personal computing”
Google’s self-driving car.
According to a plugged-in industry source Google is eyeing a new project: same-day delivery. At first, this seemed like a ridiculous idea. But after some thought the idea kind of makes sense.
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